M-1 Gran Prix 2016 will consist of 4-fighters tournament. The 1st pair of fighters will be announced on Jan 17

"We were preparing this long ago, - says M-1 President Vadim Finkelchtein, - And now we're happy to announce that we officially restart M-1 Gran Prix Tournaments. This is a very popular format and fans are always excited about it. For this time we will make a 4-men tournament, not usual for 8-men. The 4-men tournament will be more faster and entertaining, as we don't want to bore people with long expectation periods and secure our tournament from occasional injuries and change of fighters. The first pair of fighters will be announced tomorrow, January 17 at 19:00 Moscow time".